{"podcast":{"title":"Life of Dad","slug":"life-of-dad-7857344","podcast_index_feed_id":7857344,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5170662.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5170662","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43639110.jpg","author":"Life of Dad","episode_count":19,"summary":"Being a dad is the greatest job in the world. It's also the messiest, loudest, most humbling, and funniest one. Life of Dad is the podcast for every dad who's burned the pancakes, missed the instruction manual, and somehow still showed up. Hosted by Life of Dad founder Tom Riles alongside Nashville funny guys Lee Kimbrell and Mike James, each episode brings real talk, real laughs, and real stories from the frontlines of fatherhood. From the chaos of the school drop-off line to the big stuff that actually matters — we're covering it all. No judgment. No perfection. Just dads being dads. Produced by Nateland Entertainment — Nate Bargatze's company — Life of Dad is built for the world's greatest community of dads. And that community? They're basically the fourth host of the show. Keep the comments, stories, and laughs coming — because this podcast is nothing without the dads behind it.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T12:17:01.726626+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-of-dad-7857344"},"episode":{"title":"7: Dads: Then Vs. Now with Stephen Bargatze | Life of Dad Ep #7","slug":"7-dads-then-vs-now-with-stephen-bargatze-life-of-dad-ep-7","published_at":"2026-06-22T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-of-dad-7857344/7-dads-then-vs-now-with-stephen-bargatze-life-of-dad-ep-7","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-of-dad-7857344","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8919160","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8919160.mp3?modified=1782075674&sid=5170662&source=rss","summary":"Episode #7 of Life of Dad welcomes the show’s first guest, Stephen Bargatze, as hosts Tom Riles, Lee Kimbrell, and Mike James take a trip down memory lane and compare what growing up looked like then versus now. From driving farm trucks as kids and disappearing for hours without anyone knowing where you were to the everyday responsibilities children used to have, the group shares stories that would be almost impossible to imagine today. The conversation also explores how parenting, grandparenting, and family life have changed over the years. Stephen reflects on lessons learned raising a family, while the guys compare childhood experiences across generations and laugh about the things that were once considered completely normal. Along the way, they swap stories about road trips, family memories, growing up in smaller communities, and the different expectations placed on kids then and now. Funny, nostalgic, and full of the kinds of stories families tell around the dinner table, Episode #7 is a reminder that while the world keeps changing, the memories that shape us—and the lessons we pass on—have a way of sticking around.","meta_description":"Episode #7 of Life of Dad welcomes the show’s first guest, Stephen Bargatze, as hosts Tom Riles, Lee Kimbrell, and Mike James take a trip down memory lane…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5256,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/life-of-dad-7857344/episodes/7-dads-then-vs-now-with-stephen-bargatze-life-of-dad-ep-7/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-of-dad-7857344/7-dads-then-vs-now-with-stephen-bargatze-life-of-dad-ep-7.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}